Archive for November, 2007
Brad Pitt Quits State of Play Movie
Brad Pitt has walked out of his role on the movie State of Play (based on the critically-acclaimed British TV series of the same name). Word is that he wanted the film to follow his vision and it didn’t seem to be happening. The script also couldn’t be worked on during the Hollywood writer’s strike, […]
Green With Envy? Kim Cattrall Scores More for Sex+City Movie
While Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are getting paid $2 mil apiece for their role in the currently-filming Sex and the City movie, Kim Cattrall is getting $6 mil. She was the lone holdout a couple of years ago, when the movie was on hold for various reasons. But Sarah Jessica Parker is taking the […]
Hollywood Writers to Negotiate
A negotiation date of Nov 26th has been set by Hollywood’s film and TV writers, according to their union. This is info comes from a joint statement between the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). Writers will continue to picket.
Thanks for Stealing My Film
If you’ve ever partaken of a torrent site, you already know that some of the downloads are there illegally, and that technically you’re breaking the law. But guess what? There’s actually a filmmaker, Eric D. Wilkinson, who’s thanking pirates for downloading his film. That’s because the onilne piracy has apparently translated into sales for him. […]
The One Minute Film & Video Festival
If you’re in the vicinity of Toronto, Canada, on Thur Nov 22nd, you might want to check out the One Minute Film & Video Festival [via BlogTo] The festival features film and video from all over the world and is now in its 5th year. Ticket prices are $10 at the door and is taking […]
Star Trek: Zachary Quinto as Spock
The information keeps trickling out. First Winona Ryder is cast as Spock’s human mother, now Zachary Quinto (who he?) as a young Spock. I lost track of the Star Trek movie universe, after they fell behind on a few films. But I’m still looking forwards to this. Long live and profit, Star Trek.
Oscar’s Foreign Films Category Rules Questioned
A number of foreign filmmakers are wondering why their films are not eligible for the Oscars this year. This includes films by such well-known industry players such as Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) and Julian Schnabel (Basquiat). As a result, they’re questioning some of the Oscar rules of eligibility.
Winona Ryder: Long Live and Prosper?
Word is that in the upcoming prequel film in the Star Trek universe, Winona Ryder will be playing the role of Spock’s human mother (via People). This of course means paid work at sci-fi conventions long into her prosperous future.
DVD vs Blu-ray: Who Won?
Blu-ray was supposed to be the media format that would trounce all other formats, such as DVD. Or so Sony said. But now, Sony CEO Howard Stringer is calling the next-gen DVD race a tie. The reason for this is partly due to industry politics, Sony claims, as well as large price cuts for HD […]
Make Your Own Experimental Film
Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald has a film called The Tracey Fragments, that showed at the recent TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). And if you decide you don’t like it, you can show McDonald how to make a better one. He’s put all the raw footage of the film up on The Tracey Fragments website [via […]
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